- 1). Most likely you are reading this because you got a traffic ticket and are now looking now how to beat the traffic ticket. If this is the case and you are wondering if you can beat the traffic ticket, yes you can get out of a traffic ticket. You will still need to pay court fees, and depending on which option you choose other fees. What you need to do is try to find out what the cost of the ticket will be if you did nothing and the amount of points it will put on your insurance. There are typically points the DMV will see, and points that your insurance will see, all depends on where you live. If you have a serious traffic ticket like reckless driving, a DUI, speeding more than 20 above the limit, speeding in construction zone, speeding in a school zone, etc then you will defiantly want to go to step 3, those are serious traffic ticket violations. For traffic ticket violations 5 over the limit, failure to use turn signal, fix it tickets, seat belt tickets, minor traffic tickets go to step 2. If you are still not sure where your traffic ticket violation falls or you also have had prior traffic tickets or accidents etc. then proceed to step 3.
- 2). You have determined that your traffic ticket is not serious, you can save money by representing yourself if you feel confident about your ability to speak to the judge and the District Attorney. If you have not had any prior traffic ticket violations you can plead your case, give info to the judge about your character, My name is so n so, and I am mother/father/single parent/hard working citizen working for such n such, have not had a traffic ticket in the previous 3 years, and am hoping to get this changed to improper equipment. Another option is to go to traffic school, this is an option if you have not taken the class with in a certain amount of years, each state will have different periods, some might be 3 years some might be 4 etc. If you have never been to traffic school then this is an option.
- 3). If you already have insurance points, or this is a serious traffic ticket, or you just are not 100% sure, you are going to want to talk to a traffic lawyer. You might even get letters in the mail from traffic lawyers looking to represent you. You can typically seek their counsel free of charge, however realize they will have fees to represent you, you might think these fees are expensive at first, but you need to realize how much your insurance will likely go up, and then add that up over 3 years. Plus if you have any other bad luck over the next 3 years, you could be risking your drivers license getting revoked, in some cases a reckless driving charge can get your drivers license revoked. Hiring a traffic lawyer typically means you do not need to show up in court, which means you do not have to take time off work. In most cases a traffic lawyer will get the traffic violation reduced to improper equipment or something of the like which means much lower or no insurance points on your record. When it comes to insurance points and your drivers license do not try to defend yourself, if you can not afford the money up front you can appear before the judge and request a traffic lawyer to represent you, they will assign a court designated attorney to you.
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